Or try zsh with a good pre-made config like grmlzshrc[1]. It allows changing to a directory by typing only its name (or path). This includes the .. directory. Doesn't get faster.

[1] https://grml.org/zsh/

Or use Autojump[1], changed my life

1. https://github.com/wting/autojump

This is like the zsh plugin 'z'

bash: `shopt -s autocd`

It's been like that since the DOS days, IIRC.

You can simulate that behavior on bash with an alias such as this one:

  alias cd..="cd .."

I believe that you also don't need the space when you specify a path:

    cd\foo\x

The cmd parser in Windows is the most bizarre piece of software in common use. I don't believe there is a single person that actually understands how it works completely.

I think that Rex Conn and I could give it a fair go. (-:

cool

My base bashrc has this and cd-, just to handle typos

Starting in Windows 95, you could stack periods to go back further than one directory. "cd....." instead of "cd ..\..\..\.."